1)Type "about:config" into the address bar (no spaces) and hit Return. 2)Scroll through the list you now see until you find these entries and set them to the true or false value shown (just doubleclick them and they will change) network.http.pipelining true network.http.proxy.pipelining true now change the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 8 (This tells the browser to make 8 connections at once on the hosting server (default is 4) the limit in firefox is 8) 3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before acting on received information. All done, now you should see a fairly noticeable improvement in browser speeds
that is great sentient. i used to have problems on an old BSD system where firefow was slow. i will remember this.
Mozilla has the same type of config section. I tried these settings on both Mozilla and Firefox. If anything, things are running faster. .
heres a trick I found on a website (url later - first try this) ok now go look at this page http://rangit.com/web-browsers/13-tweaks-to-further-accelerate-your-firefox-20/
Woot thanks for that. I havent really noticed a change in speed as of yet though. How the hell do people work these things out? *UPDATE* Holy cow!! I didnt close the window that I was doing all the stuff in, but now that I have its working freaking fast! Thanks *hug*
hmm so far they don't seem too much faster.. edit: closed the window, now they seem a helluva a lot faster thanks man
You could also try the Firefox 3 beta 5. I have found it to be more stable than Firefox 2, and its a bit faster.
I did this on ver 2 and it helped a little... but mine was already running fast Still a little though.